Nick Kossor Wins New York Judo Open 2010

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New YORK ,New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) October 28, 2010 -- Film Annex, online film distribution platform and Web TV Network, is pleased to announce that the international judoka Nick Kossor won the gold medal at this year’s New York Open Judo Championship, which took place on October 17th, 2010. Film Annex launched a web channel for the judo champion, www.NickKossor.com, to showcase Kossor’s competition videos and raise funds through its advertising network to sponsor the athlete in his future endeavors.

Francesco Rulli, the president of Film Annex and a judoka himself, described his initiative to create a web channel for Nick Kossor as “a way to raise awareness for the sport of Judo and support Kossor financially in his judo career.” As the number one judoka at 60 kilograms, Kossor is now the recipient of the “Outstanding Competitor Honor” in addition to the gold medal he won at the NY Open Judo 2010. "I’m still on a high from winning the event,” Kossor said about his win. “It’s such a big confidence boost. I’m really looking forward to using this momentum in later events at the close of the year. Everyone involved was so supportive to make it happen, and for that I’m grateful."

In addition to being one of the sponsors at this year’s NY Judo Open, Film Annex documented the tournament by filming the competitions and having on-camera interviews with the athletes. Moreover, Film Annex hosted several judokas, including Nick Kossor, in its offices to create docufiction videos that can be watched on www.JudoArts.com. The videos merge footage from the competitions with on-camera recitations from Dante Alighieri’s classic, The Inferno. This video collection portrays the judokas as warriors and adds significant entertainment value to the sport of judo. You can watch Nick Kossor’s video on his web channel.

Viewers do not have to sign up to Film Annex in order to watch the videos, however if they want to add comments and interact with Kossor, they will be asked to log into the Film Annex network. Support Nick Kossor today by visiting his web channel at www.NickKossor.com.


About Nick Kossor

Nick Kossor is from Coaesville, Pennsylvania and is currently going to school to become a doctor. Nick started practicing judo when he was five years old and moved to upstate New York in 2003 to seriously pursue his Judo Career training at the Jason Morris Center. Admirably, Nick is a two-time National Champion, a current member of the 2010 World team, the recipient of the gold medal in the USA Judo National Junior Olympic, and 2007 Pan-Am team member.

About Film Annex

Film Annex is an online film distribution platform and Web Television Network with 220,000 registered users and over 1.5 million viewers a day. The company creates free Web TV channels for content providers and supports them financially through an ad-revenue sharing model. A meeting point for filmmakers, film festivals, film enthusiasts, companies, and organizations, Film Annex educates and entertains audiences by making meaningful, diverse, and high-quality films available to a global audience. Fore more information, visit www.filmannex.com.

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